Where to find us in November 2024
ATC Williams encourages the professional development of our people and seeks opportunities to share knowledge with our community. Likewise, we enjoy learning from our peers and colleagues whenever possible.
We look forward to our staff attending or presenting at the following three conference opportunities during November and welcome your attendance.
Add these dates to your diary
- Tailings and Mine Waste 2024, 10 – 13 November, The Westin Westminster, Colorado, USA
- ANCOLD Conference 11 – 14 November, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide
- Mine Closure 2024, 26 – 28 November, The Westin, Perth
Tailings and Mine Waste 2024
10 – 13 November
The Westin Westminster, Colorado, USA
The Tailings and Mine Waste Conference series is a forum for presenting mill tailings and mine waste state-of-art and state-of-practice. It provides an important platform for discussing topics facing the tailings, mining and environmental communities.
Dr Alfredo Arenas, Principal Geotechnical Engineer
Alfredo Arenas will travel to Colorado to present his paper Feijao Dam – 3D Numerical Simulation: a comprehensive approach, from triggering to dam breach.
Coauthored with Nicolas Pereira.
Learn more: https://tailingsandminewaste.com/
ANCOLD Conference
11 – 14 November
Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, SA
The conference theme is “Never the same dam twice” and draws attention to dams being dynamic structures. ANCOLD continues to take action by advocating for evolution and innovation in the dams industry to improve procurement, contracting, regulation and construction.
Learn more: https://ancoldconference.com.au/
ATC Williams Presenters
Tailings Dams Session: Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 2 pm -3.30 pm
Zerui (Thomas) Lu – Senior Engineer, will present on Design Considerations for a Thickened Tailings Storage Facility.
Arezoo Farhadi – Principal Engineer, will present on Quantitative Risk Assessment for Tailings Dams: Regulatory Compliance and Beyond.
Yuqi Tan – Associate Engineer, will present on Vibration Induced Tailings Liquefaction.
Yuqi will also be a panellist in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) panel discussion on Wednesday, 13 November, 9 am -9.45 am.
Behrooz Ghahreman-Nejad – Chief Technical Officer / Senior Principal, is a co-author of all the papers we will be presenting.
Mine Closure 2024
26 – 28 November
The Westin Perth, Perth WA
ATC Williams are Industry Sponsors of Mine Closure 2024.
Please drop by booth #30 & 31 and say hello.
Mine Closure 2024 is themed within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework.
The UN states, ‘The SDGs aim to transform our world. They are a call to action to end poverty and inequality, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy health, justice, and prosperity.’
ACG is taking action to encourage a broader appreciation of what our industry and conference can achieve on the global stage.
Learn more here: https://www.acgmineclosure.com/
Dr Alfredo Arenas, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, coauthor of the paper: Considerations for 2D and 3D slope stability analysis for closure of a tailings storage facility. Coauthored with N Pereira, S Lines, Red Earth Engineering, Australia.
This paper will be presented by N Pereira and S Lines from Red Earth Engineering while Alfredo is in Colorado at the Tailings and Mine Waste 2024 conference.
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